Autoheart are a London Indie band, lead by soft-voiced Jody Gadsden. They were formerly called The Gadsdens, whos' biggest hit was The Sailor Song, a piano – driven and shamelessly tender piece of Indie-pop. It was Q Mags' song of the day and was played on Radio 2. ... Read more..
David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels Paint The Town EP Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: David Newton returns to the music scene with his solid and melodic bursting Paint The Town EP ! Album Review: If you really know your music than I expect that you might already know David Newton as the guitarist in the Wolverhampton, England band The Mighty Lemon Drops. Their heyday was [...]
Daily Doses: Day Joy "Go To Sleep, Mess" From New Ordinary Digital 7" (2012) Label: Self-Released Locale: Orlando, FL In this first release from Orlando's Day Joy, little slashes of indie folk run rampant dart and push against world-weary vocals. Like a forlorn look from through your office window, to the park across the street. Download Day Joy "Go To Sleep, Mess" Download Day Joy's New Ordinary free from bandcamp
The White Album Album Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: A band to watch in 2012! Album Review: I must tell you that a Google search for this band or album title will lead to much frustration but after you discover Copenhagen's The White Album, much of that will be forgiven. The Danish trio present a 6 song record that has its own blend of folk meets indie [...]
The Lennings Sampler Self-Released [2010] Fire Note Says: Watch out for The Lennings in 2012! Album Revie w: Austin band The Lennings crept onto our radar late last year during some midnight Internet roaming. This sampler record is a solid 8 song collection of the bands work that almost entirely pulls from their previous recordings Big Beige Car [2007] [...]
Sloan Is That All I Get? Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: Go back to the beginning with this newly released Sloan live set! Album Review: Sloan fans received a treat this month with the release of this live recording titled Is That All I Get? It was recorded by a fan in the audience via cassette on September 20, 1993 in Winnipeg, [...]
The Migrant Amerika Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: A solid self-released sophomore record from The Migrant. Album Review: Amerika is the sophomore album from The Migrant, aka Bjarke Bendtsen, which returns with another batch of his psychedelic pop-folk. Amerika differentiates itself from last years debut by bringing a fuller sound to the tracks with more instruments that are utilized to build songs [...]
The Leafs Come, Take My Hand EP Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: Second EP expands the length of The Leafs tracks with equally stellar results! Album Review: We told you about Australia's Leafs back in August and the group has just released it's second EP titled Come, Take My Hand , which expands their sound and finds the band experimenting with longer songs this go around [...]
I find this whole news story to be much less surprising than the fact that Die Antwoord thought they could make it work with a major in the first place. Sounds like Interscope could use better A&R - they just lost one of the most exciting and innovative acts of the last two years, complete with raving-mad cult following and potential for massive tour earnings. In a nut-shell, Die Antwoord was offered a generous guarantee from Interscope on their upcoming album (still in the works) TEN$ION , which would have been their second [...]
The Quaker City Night Hawks ¡Torquila Torquila! Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: Bring your own beer and plan to stay awhile with The Quaker City Night Hawks! Album Review: Fort Worth's The Quaker City Night Hawks have everything you want from a Saturday night of rock n roll. The Texas quartet offers up a tough as nails, whiskey driven roots rock debut record in ¡Torquila Torquila! [...]
We'll Go Machete Strong Drunk Hands Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: We'll Go Machete returns with a powerful full length debut Strong Drunk Hands . Album Review: We last heard from Austin, Texas band We'll Go Machete back in 2009 on their self-titled EP. The group returns here with a full length debut of in your face post-hardcore fun titled Strong Drunk Hands . [...]
( Self released ) L.A.'s Good Luck Bear are a sweet band, befitting of their namesake—that green, shamrocked cuddler from the Care Bears. Their good-natured lyrics are filled with just the right hint of nostalgic sadness, reminding one of innocent 60s pop bands like the Turtles without actually sounding like those bands. This band is much more in the vein of early 00s indie rock, the kind of falsetto-voiced, clean-guitar stuff the Shins and Built to Spill used to spin out in their sleep. The Nearest Faraway Place keeps the lackadaisical good-times [...]
( Self released ) A year and a half ago, I wrote that the first Dada Man album, Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown , was "start to finish enjoyable"—that's not how I would describe the second installment in the planned Dada Man trilogy, but then again, Part II of a trilogy is always a downer. Not that this is bad art, but it's far more insular and claustrophobic, with angry post-apocalyptic beats that box you in, something like the soundtrack music ADULT. takes from Lucio Fulci horror films and makes their [...]
Let's party like it's 1998*. The soundtrack? A sudden, notable eruption of new music from the near-holy trinity of Jan Jelinek , Oval and Pole , three pioneering titans of experimental electronica. Jelinek has just launched only his second release as Farben since 2004 - a self-released 12" of deviant disco, like [...]
Tiger Waves is a surf-rock band based out of Chicago and Austin. The band started as a long distance, collaborative endeavor between James and Reid. Earlier this year, the two began to email one another bits and pieces of unfinished samples that blossomed into polished songs and, ultimately, into a comprehensive album. "Down Down Down" is off their self-released debut album Only Good Bands Have Animal Names. The distorted strings, cheerful chord progessions, muffled vocals, and persistent drum beats melt together in a song that recalls a blissful, sun-drenched summer day. Click over [...]
The Capstan Shafts Kind Empires Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: Another batch of solid lo-fi from The Capstan Shafts! Album Review: Dean Wells, aka The Capstan Shafts, has been keeping lo-fi alive for 12 years now and on his new record Kind Empires, he once again gives you sharp and short bursts of blissful pop that will keep your feet tapping the whole time. With [...]
( Self released ) With "Drone of Dume," N O W's Kevin Litrow (formerly of 60 Watt Kid) turns in a six-minute love letter to the restorative effects of the Southern California coastline. Over a looped drum machine beat and two repeated rec-room organ chords, Litrow sings of taking a glum friend to Point Dume, at which point things become slightly surreal. "The dolphin baptizes you/and releases all the pain/from the city," Litrow croons, and "Drone of Dume" becomes an "Under the Sea" for nature loving trippers. "Your eyes are [...]
When I first listened to this record by Work Drugs , I thought they surely had something going with Captured Tracks ; it captures that minimal sound with warm melodies and quiet vocals. But, I was wrong, as these guys are going it alone, so your best bet is to get out there and support them. They've just self-released their album, Summer Blood , and you can grab it for yourself over on the group's BANDCAMP page. If you're looking for something in [...]
. . . You just know. Your senses awaken. The doldrums fall away. Once again, you're a kid, rocking the fuck out. Adults have not spoiled things with their "YouTube teasers" and "insider looks". All that is decades of disappointment later. For now, it's just you and the sweet sting of electric guitars. Screw unhooking bras - tearing the shrinkwrap off a new cassette tape is the most sensual experience of adolescence. I associate that foreplay - literally, before pushing play - with edges. For me, two tapes had them: Metallica's $5.98 EP and [...]
Adam Ficek is set to release his third album under the RKC, formerly Roses Kings Castles, moniker. On October 31 RKC will self-release new album, 'British Plastic'. Unlike the previous two releases, Ficek decided to go on a different direction for the forthcoming release. When talking about the sound of the new album the musician said "I've been influenced by a bigger sounding beatier sound … It's not electro but I'm not going to ignore the benefits that tougher beats can provide, so I'm hoping for a happy medium." [...]
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